In 1990s Pittsburgh, Jamie, a medicine peddler, starts a relationship with Maggie, a young woman suffering from Parkinson's disease. Despite their differences, they navigate the challenges of their relationship and find love and support in each other.
A film student seeks revenge for the murder of his father, encountering betrayal, tragedy, and the complexities of family business along the way.
Nadja is a vampire living in New York City. She navigates through her dark world while encountering various characters and facing personal struggles. As she battles her inner demons, Nadja discovers the truth about her existence and the consequences of her actions.
A gambler comes to live with his sister and discovers his young nephew can predict the winner of horse races by riding on his rocking horse.
Men and women search for intimacy and meaning in their lives.
Set to music by Bikini Kill (an all-girl band from Washington), Girl Power is a raucous vision of what it means to be a radical girl in the 90s. Benning relates her personal rebellion against school, family, and female stereotypes as a story of personal freedom, telling how she used to model like Matt Dillon and skip school to have adventures alone. Informed by the underground “riot grrrl” movement, this tape transforms the image politics of female youth, rejecting traditional passivity and polite compliance in favor of radical independence and a self-determined sexual identity.
The narration and intertitles describe the ultimate teenage fantasy road-trip: a female version of Bonnie and Clyde in love, in trouble, and unstoppable. With dreams of freedom, a life of crime, and the glamour of Hollywood, the film depicts the ultimate wish list of the lesbian bad girl whose life is not only constrained by school and parents, but also by the fear of a world that cannot tolerate her difference.
Setting her pixelvision camera on herself and her room, Benning searches for a sense of identity and respect as a woman and a lesbian. Acting alternately as confessor and accuser, the camera captures Benning’s anger and frustration at feeling trapped by social prejudices.
Benning gives a chronology of her crushes and kisses, tracing the development of her nascent sexuality.
A shadowy fable unfolds from inside a souvenir snow globe, in this unique film shot entirely with a toy camera.
When she was 16, Benning stopped going to high school for three weeks and stayed inside with her camera, her TV set, and a pile of dirty laundry. Living Inside mirrors her psyche during this time. With the image breaking up between edits, the rough quality of this early tape captures Benning’s sense of isolation and sadness, her retreat from the world.
A used sofa salesman fields call after call from a mythic idiot.
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